Whitehawk

xbox players get shafted in cross platform games anyway, the game usually costs over twice as much, the lag is awful and the graphics are severely reduced. There aren't many companies that really care that much about console ports for games, it's just milking the cash cow even more. And I have nearly all my steam games on xbox so I really do know the difference. Even ESO that I have played since release on pc is the same. When I put a help ticket in on pc its answered in 24 hrs, I put one in on xbox and never get a reply at all. Tbh console players should boycott games developers that mistreat them, but lets be honest, that's never gonna happen.

I wonder if we'll get the single player map back?

Yeh the blank map makes single player totally impossible to enjoy for me, especially as I cant see where my bases ships or beds are.

Just the blank map alone makes the game pointless for me. Then with all the other problems being the cherry on the the cow dung cake. Hopefully we'll get a patch before the next update, and I might play Atlas again.

The blank map is crazy, how can I find a damn freeport to hire crew with no map? or go back to my main base after sailing out? Also the lumber gatherer isnt working at all. The metal miner is fine though. I've got so many skills uncraftable now as well.

Yeh I didn't want to start all over again just in case I couldn't run the game again. which is what happened with my steam version of Atlas. So far I cant craft a smithy and strangely I cant craft a table either. Also the shipyard says in red that the water is not deep enough to construct a ship,no matter how far out I put it. and I'm not going to put it in the middle of the ocean. I wish they had checked the game properly before running the update.

The cheat I used gave me 100 smithys, it was... Gfi smithy 100 0 0      as far as I know you can just use it for one smithy by changing the number but I haven't tried it yet.

I did manage to cheat code the smithy in. But maybe we dont need it anymore.and thx for the info about the bed . Would it have upset the balance of the universe too much for the Atlas devs to give us all the new info?

I've got the same thing, I can't construct a bed either. I dont know if they have removed them, or its a bug, cos when I search craftables they are actually there. I just cant make them.

Well at least they've done something, good or bad? i'll play it to see for myself. Tbh though, the portals look naff. They look a bit like coffee cup coasters. But other ideas seem to be an improvement at least.

I'd like to say though, considering all the examples of old pyrate ships and galleons etc that are available, the new ships are plain and boring as a plank to look at. Where is all the ship decoration? the finials and lamps. where is the sleek hull lines and ship style? the modular ships look like lego kits. I don't want to be a successful notorious Pyrate, who sails the seas in an ugly giant tug boat. Have some flair and panache please devs.

Well at least they've done something, good or bad? i'll play it to see for myself. Tbh though, the portals look naff. They look a bit like coffee cup coasters. But other ideas seem to be an improvement at least.

As I have mentioned before, gambling and the encouragement to gamble in games has had new regulations brought out. Not sure how they would affect Atlas, but I know some online games have managed to find a work around. I will say though having worked in the gambling industry years ago and seeing people at their lowest from losing, I personally would not want it in a game that children can play.

The Pyrate camps have always been totally buggy, sometimes they would be under the ground on my maps. In the end I had to disable them again in the settings menu.

If it was true that they wanted all players out there sailing and battling as soon as , then why introduce gold for ships in the first place? Also they stated they wanted to make it easier for small groups and solo players, So again why the gold cost for ships? They are contradicting their own roadmap. Maybe they should go into politics instead of game development!

I know there are new laws in some countries concerning video games and encouraging players to gamble. And it varies depending what country you are in too.

Replaying Atlas is like going back to a bad ex, you know they keep making promises they will never keep, yet at the same time play on your emotions to keep giving them more chances ,stating how you knew who they were when you took them back and you knew things might not change. In the end you realize they are toxic for you. You count your losses and move on.

The problem with pre fab ships is also that everyone is evenly matched, whereas when ships are designed and built by players,there is an element of the unknown when attacking or being attacked. It gives someone who is better at building, an edge in battle. Pre fab ships will get predictable and boring eventually.

Dark and light In my opinion is the best game these devs have produced, and over 4 years it's still in early access, I don't know why they never brought that out for xbox. At least it has plenty to do in it. And single player works really well. But still Early access over 4 years, What does that say is gonna happen to atlas? As for the plant pot.........

Well at least when Atlas is completely dead, the devs can bring out a book called " How to mess up a Pyrate game."... And make money that way eh.

I thought the whole road map for atlas was to aim towards getting everybody out at sea fighting and exploring. Well adding gold for ships has done the complete opposite. It seems that the devs own sextant is completely broken now, cos they are no longer following their own map. What a waste of all the potential that Atlas used to have. More tames and turtle shaped ships indeed. ARK  DLC, YYAAWWWNN.

I'd still rather wait for the series X, that way I won't be buying both of them. Cos I know games are gonna come out for the series X  that won't run on the series S. And tbh I actually don't suffer many lag probs on my one x, only if there is 50 or more players in the same area. And that only really happens in eso pvp. Even then its rare I get too much lag. But I have no idea when the series X will be available to me, it could be another year.

Tbh I thought of upgrading to the s, but I like having a disc drive, also I dont want to have to buy all my games again. And as far as I know the S is 4 terraflops, but the X is twelve, which is a big difference. And means if I did buy the S , I'd end up having to buy the X later on  too.

A life on the ocean wave

riding on our pets

But we ate them in the end

cos we're Pyrates not blo##y vets.

Recommended tune , a life on the ocean wave, (Sargent/russell) or a similar sea shanty.

I've tried it recently and it doesn't seem to work any more(worked before last major map change). It used to be, Cheat givealldiscozones   If you can get it to work, let me know.

Pve/pvp  isn't quite the same as single player. Not until your shipyards disappear every time you log out!!!